Stay for oil-well and other derricks



(No Model.) G. H. ANDERSON.

STAY FOR 01L. WELL AND OTHER DERRIVGKS.

No. 343,264= Patented June 8, 1886.

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GEORGE H. ANDERSON, OF BRADFORD, ASSIGNOR TO THE JAREOKI MANU- FACTURINGCOMPANY, (LIMITED) OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA. I

STAY FOR OIL-WELL AND OTHER DERRICKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 343,264, dated June 8,1886.

Application filed June 26, 1885.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. ANDERsoN, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing atBradford, in the county of McKea'n and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Staysfor Oil-VVell and other Derricks; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

This invention relates'to stays or guys for derricks and highstructures; and it consists in the manner of applying said stays uponthe derrick or structure and in the means provided for tightening saidstays.

The device is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, as follows:

Figure l is a perspective view of a derrick having my invention appliedthereto. Fig. 2 is a top or plan view ofa derrick, and shows the mannerof applying the stays thereon. Fig. 3 is an enlarged illustration of thedevice for tightening the stays.

Letters of reference indicate parts, as follows: A is a derrick. B B,&c., are guywires or stays. B are the stakes or posts on which the guysare attached at the ground end. 0 is a lever used for tightening the guyafter it is in place. Other letters of reference will appear in properplace in the following general description:

It will be seen by observing Figs. 1 and 2 that the guy which isattached to the stake opposite one corner of the derrick passes aroundthe derrick, and is attached thereto at the opposite corner, and thatguys from one side of the derrick are wrapped around it in onedirection, while those on the other side of the derrick are wrappedaround it in the opposite direction. This manner of attaching the guysto the derrick not only holds it against being blown down, but preventsit from being warped or twisted by action of thewind,and also binds ittogether. If desired, each guy may be so attached as to wind entirelyaround the derrick 5 but it is sufficient to attach them in the mannershown. Each guy is divided into two parts, B, the main part,

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and the loop B which is attached to the ground post or stake. On thelower end of the main guy 13 there is pivotally attached a lever, O, bythe wire of the guy looping through the hole 0 at the end of the lever.Along one end of the lever O is a series of notches, c c, which run intothe lever ob liquely toward the pivoted end thereof, giving them ahooked formation.

To connect the main guy B with the stakeloop B the lever O is passedthrough the loop B and the loop is hooked into one of the notches c, andthen the lever is turned or lifted up to the main guy B, where it isheld in position by the clasp c, which may be a ring sliding on the mainguy. It will be seen that if the guy or guys become loose the long endof the lever O can be released from the clasp c and the lever turneddown, and loop 13 can be placed in one of the notches c, farther fromthe fulcrum c, and the lever again turned back upon the guy 13, andthereby the guy will be tightened.

This device may be used on guys and stays of various kinds without anymaterial modification.

The lever G will constitute an article of manufacture. It consists of afiat piece of iron, either wrought or cast, or struck up from sheetmetal into the form shown.

I am aware that devices for adjusting stays have been made with pivotedlevers to draw the stay tight, as in the patent to J. B. \Vood, May 2,1882, No. 257,263; and I do not therefore desire to be considered asbroadly claiming such a lever; but my device is much simpler andcheaper, and is really very different in construction from the deviceshown in said patent.

What I claim as new is- 1. In a device for staying derrick or otherstructures, the combination, with the said derrick or structure, ofguylines which extend from various points around the same, and arewrapped or wound upon it, substantially as shown and described.

, 2. In a stay or guy for derricks and other structures, the combinationof the main guy B, the stake-loop B and the notched lever C, hung on themain guy and engaging with side, which slant toward the said piv0t-h01e.the stake-loop, substantially as and for the In testimony whereof Iaflix my signaturein purposes set forth. presence of two witnesses.

3. As an article of manufacture a tighten- G. H. ANDERSON. 5 ing-leverfor stays or guys, consisting of the flat Witnesses:

lever 0, provided with a pivot or fulcrum- JNO. K. HALLOCK, hole, 0, atone end and notches c c on one B. H. PORTER.

